Buck Curran 'Far Driven Sun' (Obsolete Recordings, Echodelick Records, and ESP-Disk') New album for 2025

My new album 'Far Driven Sun' (my 9th Solo Album) is out now on all streaming platforms and CD available in the US through ESP-Disk' and Obslete Recordings Bandcamp in Europe. The Vinyl edition will be available in October through Echodelick Records. Album Overview: Far Driven Sun, Buck Curran's 9th solo album finds an elemental, full form return to his musical roots; a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings. In company and reunited (after an 18 year separation) with a rare 'Butterfly' Model 1 acoustic guitar made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland, England in 1990 (previously used to record the first two albums made by his duo Arborea), Curran creates idiosyncratic and ethereal soundscapes through the use of its sonorous fundamental voice, incredible sustain, shimmering overtones and harmonics...and the additional use of a brass slide and EBow. The compositions and improvisations that are presented in this album are intricate and subtly powerful throughout...yet plaintive and mystical sounding. The notes contained within Far Driven Sun are further defined with plentiful space and tonal colours. And there is the addition of harmonic flowing bass lines on ‘Unicorn Song’ (a track that was named by Buck’s daughter Lucia) and 'ILiad (Slight Return)’ by Nataly Kozlova and the dynamic drumming of Francesco Di Lenge on ‘ILiad (Slight Return)’. Deserto Parallax is a fine example of Buck using the acoustic guitar to create psychedelic landscapes and ethereal atmospheres.

'Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe' - New Video by Buck Curran

New video for Buck Curran's 'Deep in the Lovin' Arms of My Babe' from his latest solo album 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs'

Acoustic Guitar Magazine - Buck Curran 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair'

Online feature article for Buck Curran's arrangement of 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair' available now at Acoustic Guitar Magazine The article is from the forthcoming January/February 2025 issue. There's also a video performance of Buck's arrangement at Acoustic Guitar's Youtube Channel

KLOF Magazine 'Best Albums of 2024'

Deep Thanks to KLOF Magazine (Folk Radio UK) for including Buck Curran's new album 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs' in their list of 'Best Albums of 2024'

Aquarium Drunkard 'Year in Review 2024'

Thanks so much to Aquarium Drunkard for including Buck Curran's new album 'One Evening and Other Folk Songs' (ESP-Disk'/Obsolete Recordings) in their 'Year in Review'for 2024.

Buck Curran reunited with his 1990 Sobell Butterfly

I was recently reunited with the gorgeous 1990 Stefan Sobell Butterfly that I used to record Arborea's first two albums: 'Wayfaring Summer'(2006) and Arborea S/T (2008). I parted ways with the this guitar in 2006 but always hoped to have it back one day. This guitar was also used on one of my favorite albums - Martin Simpson's album 'When I Was On Horseback'. Here are two photos...one taken by David James Logan in April 2024 in Bergamo, Italy and the other photo was taken be Shanti Deschaine in 2006 in Sumner, Maine.

Robbie Basho's 12 String in the Fretboard Journal (issue no. 53)

Buck wrote an article about Robbie Basho's 12 string for the new issue of the Fretboard Journal (issue no. 53)